well we have been in palm springs since monday night. it has been a lot of fun but very busy! tuesday we went swimming at my parents condo and then tuesday night we had christmas with them at their place. on wednesday we took the kids to the top of the ariel tram to see snow. it had recently snowed and it was beautiful! it reminded me of colorado! the sky was so blue! ronan was excited but a little freaked out by small things. he didn't like sledding cause it was too fast. it also stressed him out that the snow stuck to his little gloves. he kept tearing them off saying they were dirty! jade liked the snow till she face planted...my fault. and she liked sledding with daddy. zander loved everything about it! sledding, snow angels, snowmen, climbing on fallen trees, and of course snow ball fights. and he threw an ice block at my face and slashed my chin. hmm...mama didn't like that one. that night we ate dinner with my parents and then went to the living desert to see the light display. its beautiful there! zander even tried to 'ice skate' for the first time. it was actually the 'iceless' iceskating cause it was a sheet of plastic or something. it was HARD! even ben struggled skating. it was like a cruel joke...let's let the so cal kids try ice skating for the first time on impossible fake ice so that they'll never ever want to try it again. but zander loved it and did much better with ben helping him.
today we had a simply laid back day by the pool. zander has learned to snorkel even though he still can't swim without water wings. but he's REALLY good at snorkling! i honestly thought he'd hate it and not want to do it...but then i realized that's me and snorkling! :) introduce it young i guess. ronan is fearless in the water with his little waterwings. its cute. and jade, well she gets down right excited to be splashing and kicking. she loves it. and they sleep GREAT afterwards! tonight we had christmas eve dinner at the cheesecake factory. we brought our cheesecake back to the room and watched alittle of elf before we put the kids to bed. tomorrow we head home. sad...forutnately ben is home friday, saturday and doesn't have to do worship on sunday. it will be nice to be together with nothing to do. but i have to say....i miss my extended family bad. :( my parents leave for michigan tomorrow and i'm jealous. who knows...maybe next year i'll have oodles of extra cash and the determination to fly with three kids...or maybe not. :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL!
ps...if you wanna see more pics of the vacation you'll have to check out facebook.
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